Grand Rapids, MN 55744 is located in Itasca County and has a population of 10,869 as of the 2018 census. While Grand Rapids does not have any local political candidates running for office at this time, residents take their civic duties seriously and are actively involved in local politics. The city council meets regularly to discuss issues such as zoning regulations, economic development, and public safety. Residents often attend meetings to voice their concerns or make suggestions about how to improve their community. In addition, there are various organizations like the League of Women Voters that provide informational forums on important political topics for the residents to learn more about different aspects of policy-making. Overall, Grand Rapids takes great pride in its active participation in politics and strives to make sure all voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 55744 (Grand Rapids, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Itasca County, MN is moderately conservative. In Itasca County, MN 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Itasca county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Itasca county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55744 (Grand Rapids, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Grand Rapids, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Itasca County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
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Minnesota is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Grand Rapids, Minnesota: d D D d R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 55744 (Grand Rapids)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 907 contributions totaling $30,512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $13,183 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)